Life is Spinning Out of Control?

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TONIGHT light candles at home after 6:30pm SHUL MENORAH LIGHTING 6:45pm SHABBOS SERVICE 7pm Question of the Week: We are having a cultural day at work where people share their religious customs. I have three minutes to talk about Chanukah and wanted to talk about the dreidel (someone else is speaking about the Menorah). Is there a deeper meaning to spinning the dreidel on Chanukah that I could easily present?  Answer: Take a dreidel and spin it. Let everyone watch. It's fascinating. You never know which side it will land on. It could fall on the Gimmel, which means you win, or the Shin, which means you lose. It seems totally random. You just spin and something happens. But really it isn't. Every spin has an exact amount of kinetic energy to cause a measured number of turns. The table surface provides an exact amount of friction, and the air pushes the dreidel in a certain way, so it falls exactly as it is supposed to. Nothing is left to chance. Life is like that. It may seem random sometimes. Things just happen, you win or you lose, it falls this way or that for no apparent reason. But that is not really so. There is a divine hand spinning the world. Every turn is deliberate, every experience you have is supposed to happen, and whether you win or lose, there is a reason behind it. There are no self-spinning dreidels. There is always a hand behind the spin. And you are exactly where you are meant to be. Good Shabbos and Happy Chanukah, Rabbi Moss To subscribe CLICK HERE or email rabbimoss@nefesh.com.au            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SERVICES AT NEFESH    1 FRANCIS ST BONDI BEACH   (OFF CAMPBELL PDE, BEHIND NOAH'S BACKPACKERS)   Sponsor a Kiddush  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRIDAY NIGHT 14 December OR 28 December:   BASIC $120  or DELUXE $200    SHABBOS DAY 15 or 22 December:  STANDARD $350  or LUNCH (*FROM $450 - email office@nefesh.com.au for lunch options)  SHABBOS TIMES & COMMUNITY INFO: Mikeitz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, 7 December 2018 | 29 Kislev 5779 Candle Lighting............ 7:38pm (Not before 6:30pm) Menorah Lighting at Shul ...... 6:45pm Shabbos Service............7:00-7:50pm Kids Program............... 7:00pm Kiddush with Donuts & Latkas! Shabbos Day, 8 December 2018 | 30 Kislev 5779 | Rosh Chodesh Teves In depth parsha class ...................... 9:00am Shabbos Service............................ 10:00am-12:20pm Kids Program ............................... 10:30am Kiddush sponsored by Orly and Joshua Borenstein. L'Chaim in honour of Jack & Leyat Reuben's wedding anniversary- Mazal Tov!   Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishis ..........7:35pm Gematria and Story by Rev Amzalak......... 8:00pm Shiur with Rabbi Moss............................. 8:20pm Shabbos ends........................................ 8:40pm Followed by Havdalah & Menorah Lighting   WEEKDAY SERVICES Sunday............................. 8:00am Mon- Fri............................ 7:00am Latest Shema this week....... 9:09am MAZAL TOV Shaya Sufrin on his Hanochas Tefillin this past week in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah in two months' time!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aviv Farhy........... 2 Tevet/ Monday 10 December Amber Lessem..... 3 Tevet/ Tuesday 11 December Vera Feuermann... 5 Tevet/ Thursday 13 December Gavi Sufrin ..........6 Tevet/ Friday 14 December   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Jack & Leyat Reuben........ 2 Tevet/ Monday 10 December Lina & Richie Barel........... 3 Tevet/ Tuesday 11 December   LONG LIFE Gavin Krawchuk for his late grandfather David Sandler David ben Mordechai......... 3 Tevet/ Tuesday 11 December Linda Isdale for her late mother Joyce Vilensky Simcha bat Aharon............. 4 Tevet / Wednesday 12 December

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